The World’s Highest-Paid Actresses Of 2019

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10. Ellen Pompeo
Earnings: $22 million
The Grey’s Anatomy star proves network television isn’t dead quite yet. She earns about $575,000 per episode to star in and produce the ABC hit show.
9. Charlize Theron
Earnings: $23 million
Theron’s production company, Denver and Delilah Productions, produced her 2019 film Long Shot and is also behind the Netflix series Mindhunter. She’s set to star with fellow listees Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie in the December film Bombshell.
8. Margot Robbie
Earnings: $23.5 million
For the upcoming Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Robbie will serve as a producer as well as reprise her role of Harley Quinn. The paycheck? Eight-figures up front.
7. Elisabeth Moss
Earnings: $24 million
The Emmy winner serves as executive producer on her Hulu star-vehicle The Handmaid’s Tale.
6. Kaley Cuoco
Earnings: $25 million
Until The Big Bang Theory ended earlier this year, Cuoco was part of the highest-paid cast on network television, earning $900,000 per episode.
5. Jennifer Aniston
Earnings: $28 million
The Friends star is coming back to television, starring in and producing Apple TV+’s The Morning Show.
4. Nicole Kidman
Earnings: $34 million
After wrapping up season two of Big Little Lies, Kidman continues her busy year with starring roles in Bombshell and The Goldfinch.
3. Reese Witherspoon
Earnings: $35 million
Witherspoon has embraced the title of producer. She will produce, though not star in, upcoming film Lucy in the Sky and Truth Be Told.
2. Sofia Vergara
Earnings: $44.1 million
The eleventh and final season of Modern Family premieres this fall, but Vergara’s wallet will be just fine: she still has her lucrative entrepreneurial ventures, including Sofia Jeans and a furniture line at Rooms To Go.
1. Scarlett Johansson
Earnings: $56 million
Johansson is the world’s highest-paid actress thanks to her lucrative role as Black Widow, for which she earns an eight-figure check plus backend points on Marvel films.